Manning is not in the same place as Favre was, after making the playoffs just once since 2011, and the Giants have already invested significantly more in Jones than the Packers initially did in Rodgers.

However, If Gettleman and the Giants truly intend to have Jones spend three of his five most valuable contract years riding the bench, 38-year-old Eli Manning is going to have to sign one more contract extension.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have already locked up Ben Roethlisberger on a new two-year extension worth $68 million, keeping the two-time Super Bowl winner in place through 2021.

Roethlisberger’s deal figures to be a guidepost of sorts for the Giants, if they have any designs on keeping Manning in New York beyond this season.

The skinny: It’s not just Eli—the Manning family has no history of taking less than what the market dictates. The Giants drafted Daniel Jones sixth overall. Still, Pat Shurmur told me two weeks ago that he told Manning that it’s his job “to do what he has to do to get himself ready for the season and help us win games. And then along the way, Daniel just needs to be smart enough to learn as much as he can from him.” And GM Dave Gettleman mentioned the “Green Bay model” (in which Aaron Rodgers sat for three years) post-draft. So while it seems like the writing would be on the wall that it’ll be Jones’s team in 2020, it’s hard to rule anything out here.